Downtown Halifax: a new network

Cogswell Transformed is one of the largest urban redevelopment initiatives in Atlantic Canada. The project removes a 1960’s era highway interchange from the entrance to downtown Halifax to create a new 16-acre neighbourhood designed to unite the city’s north end with the downtown. 

The ambitious but achievable plan balances the needs of disparate disciplines across a wide range of municipal and provincial departments from planning, traffic, municipal services, active transportation, urban design, parks, and transit, to transform a divisive physical reminder of Halifax’s past and create an inspirational and contextual solution for the city’s future.

Status

Completed 2015

Our Role

landscape architecture, urban design, civil engineering 

Client

Halifax Regional Municipality

Location

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Awards

2015
Canadian Institute of Planners - Awards for Planning Excellence, Neighbourhood Planning

2015
Atlantic Planning Institute - Award of Planning Excellence, Physical Plans & Design